Chapter 6 - Richard Finds the Missing Account
Richard left the hospital for two hours.
When he returned, he carried a laptop.
His expression frightened Emily.
“What happened?”
“I called Carter Biotech’s CFO.”
Emily shifted carefully in bed.
“And?”
“There’s an account I didn’t know existed.”
Ryan worked as a consultant for Carter Biotech’s strategic partnerships division.
Richard had given him the role three years earlier.
Against his instincts.
Because Emily asked.
The account was labeled Westbridge Development.
Over eighteen months, Carter Biotech had paid it $1.7 million.
Emily stared.
“For what?”
“Consulting.”
“Whose company?”
Richard turned the laptop.
Westbridge Development LLC.
Registered agent: Madison Cole.
Madison nearly dropped her coffee.
“What?”
Emily looked at her.
“You own it?”
“No!”
Madison rushed to the screen.
“I’ve never seen this.”
Julia asked if she had ever signed company-formation documents.
Madison went pale.
Ryan had once asked her to sign forms for a property investment.
She thought they were creating an LLC together.
She never saw the final papers.
Julia checked the state registry.
Madison’s name was there.
But the bank account receiving Carter Biotech money was controlled by Ryan.
Emily felt the pattern tightening.
Ryan used people.
Her.
Madison.
Maybe others.
Richard whispered, “He’s been stealing from the company.”
Julia corrected him.
“We need proof.”
Richard nodded.
But his face said he already believed it.
Then his phone rang.
The CFO.
Richard listened.
His expression changed again.
“What?”
He put the call on speaker.
The CFO said Westbridge had received another transfer that morning.
$400,000.
Authorized using Emily’s executive credentials.
Emily stared.
“I’ve been in labor since yesterday.”
May you like
Richard looked toward the hospital door.
Ryan had accessed her company account while she was giving birth.
